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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna June 14 1928 to October 9 1967,
Commonly known as Che Guevara was an Argentine born Marxist Revolutionary and guerrilla leader 'Che' means chum or buddy and is Italian in origin.

Guevara became second only to Fidel Castro in the new government of Cuba, and the man chiefly responsible for pushing Castro towards communism, but a communism which was independent of the orthodox, Moscow-style communism of some of their colleagues.